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Gibbon Surgical Review

Article Title

Scalpels: Simultaneous Curriculum For Advanced Learning In Preparation For Entering Life As A Surgeon

Abstract

In 2008, the AAMC published updated Recommendations for Clinical Skills Curricula for Undergraduate Medical Education, which promoted the goals of “advanced beginner level in the performance of basic procedural skills” and “enhanced preparation of medical students for the clerkship experience.”1 This monograph has been embraced across the nation as medical col leges have announced fine- tuned curriculums that enhance early clinical exposure and skill education - Sidney Kimmel Medical College’s (SKMC) new JeffMD curriculum included. We should also acknowledge the changes in surgical education that have occurred; long gone are the days of “dog lab” as a chance for students to perform independent surgery and anesthesia on canines before internship. However, since the ACGME last created Prerequisite Objectives for Graduate Surgical Education in 1997, based on program director feedback of “essential” and “desirable” skills for the graduating medical student, pre-clinical medical students have continued to crave the start of third year clerkships in order to begin practicing these espoused skills.

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